Displaying Measures/Beats; Checking The Size Of A Recorded Performance - Roland VXpanded VS-880 Owner's Manual

Displaying measures/beats

If both the metronome is being used and MIDI clock mes-
sages are being transmitted, the measure and beat of the
song can be displayed in the MEASURE field and BEAT
field of the display screen. When you are running in syn-
chronization with an external device or recording a song
along with a previously-created tempo map, this allows you
to operate the VS-880 just as though you were operating a
MIDI sequencer.
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INPUT TRACK
1. Press [SYSTEM] several times until "SYS System PRM
?" appears.
2. Press [YES].
3. Press PARAMETER [
MetroOut=" appears.
4. Rotate the TIME/VALUE dial. Here you can select
either "INT" or "MIDI."
MetroOut (Metronome output)
When you wish to use a metronome to keep time as you
record, the metronome sound (click) can be output from the
VS-880. The timing of the metronome sound will depend on
the tempo map settings (p.90).
Off: The metronome sound will not be output.
INT: The metronome sound will be output from the
MASTER OUT jacks.
MIDI: A Note message will be transmitted from MIDI
OUT connector as the metronome. Select this
when you wish to play the metronome using a
sound of an external MIDI sound source.
* When transmitting a Note message as the metronome, set
the MIDI Thru switch (p.109) to ÒOut.Ó You will also need
to make settings for the Metronome Channel, Accent
Note, Accent Velocity, Normal Note, and Normal
Velocity (p.110).
5. Press PARAMETER [
MeasureDisp=" appears.
6. Rotate the TIME/VALUE dial. For this example, select
"Auto".
MeasureDsp (Measure Display)
Always: Always display the MEASURE field and
BEAT field.
Auto: Do not display the MEASURE field and
BEAT field when not necessary.
7. Press [SYSTEM] several times until "SYS Sync/Tempo
?" appears.
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8. Press [YES].
9. Press PARAMETER [
Syn:Gen=" appears.
10. Rotate the TIME/VALUE dial. For this example, select
either "MIDIClk" or "SyncTr".
Gen (Sync generator)
This selects the type of synchronization signal that will be
transmitted from the MIDI OUT connector. When using a
synchronization signal from the VS-880 to synchronize
external MIDI devices, set this to the desired type of syn-
chronization signal.
Off: Synchronization signals will not be transmit-
ted.
MTC: MIDI Time Code will be transmitted.
MIDIClk: MIDI Clock will be transmitted.
SyncTr: MIDI Clock data recorded on the sync track
will be transmitted.
11. Press [PLAY(DISPLAY)].
You will return to Play condition.
Checking the size of a
recorded performance
You can see the Song Name, Song Number, Sample Rate,
Recording Mode, and the actual used capacity of the current
song by the following operation.
1. Stop the song playback. When the song is performed,
press [STOP].
2. Press [PLAY (DISPLAY)] to return to Play condition.
3. Hold down [SHIFT] and press [SONG]. The display will
indicate Song Information briefly.
Song Number Song Name
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INPUT TRACK
Sample Rate
Song Capacity
* The actual used capacity of the song is displayed as 1 MB
= 1,000,000 bytes. The displayed value is the approximate
standard value.
] several times until "SYS
TIME TIME
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0
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1 1 2 2
24
48
AUX MASTER
Recording Mode
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